Planning:Band logo evolution

The evolution of the bikelocks pic.twitter.com/2jasRjXFBY

— The Bike Locks (@TheBikeLocks) 4 March 2016

As a band we decided on the name 'The Bikelocks'. This is because the song which we are creating a music video for is 'Stuck in the Middle with You' by 'Stealers Wheel', obviously as we don't want anyone to steal our wheels we need locks for our bikes

Hence why in our logo the man is wearing a bicycle helmet. The logo started out with a child wearing the helmet and we collaborated over messages all chipping in our own ideas until we finally came to the final design. The guy has evolved from a child to something we believe would look like a typical audience member as well as fitting with the genre of the music from our video. 'Stealers Wheel' are a rock, folk and indie band but we believe the long hair and beard is a stereotypical view of these genres. The indie and hipster feel is reinstated by the glasses which are of a style that is typical among these groups. We feel that the drawn style also has an indie style which suits our band and was then finished off with the band name on the top of the helmet. 

Planning:Production company logo

This is our original idea for purproduction company logo, it is a basic drawing that was done by the most artistic member of our group (Frank) on an iPhone but from this we managed to get an idea of a rough design and the style that we were aiming for.


From this logo we then were able to adapt and change it using Adobe Illustrator and a Bamboo pen and tablet. We wanted the amp as it would clearly show that it was a music production label and we liked how we could add our name into the sound waves to give it our own personal touch.

This is the final design and the logo which will be the forefront of our company FGMB. We wanted to make our new logo look realistic and professional but at the same time maintain our style. We drew the stereo free hand on a draw pad from our memories and it is therefore an exact representation of what we want. We wanted to keep it minimalistic but feature some colour to make it stand out some more.

Planning: Responding to feedback on the rought draft of our music video

We had a lesson where our class was able to watch each others music video productions and give feed back to one another. Everyone in the class were all given sheets to fill out during/after watching our final cut of the music video. They ranked the video on a star basis (out of 5), gave positive comments, areas for improvement and then linked in concepts and theorist.
The following images are photos of our audience feedback:

One of the main problems people had with our music video was that inter-textual reference to reservoir dogs was hard to understand, especially those who had not seen the film or scene prior to seeing our music video. To combat this problem we decided we would film an extra scene and add it to our final music video. This scene included a flash back to one of our characters watching the actually seen in reservoir dogs on a TV which would hoped would allow audience members to visually see what we are trying to-recreate, therefore, making their understanding of our inter-textual reference much easier.
 

Planning:Behind the scenes-Music video set- Filming Days 1&2

Here are some links to some short videos we have taken for the set where we recorded our music video and uploaded to our bands YouTube channel:
 
 These videos  show off the mise en scene that we are going to be using in our final music video as well as giving the views a bit of an inside look into the normal lives of the band members. These video will be embedded into our band website for the same reasons.

Planning:Band Website

We have chosen to use the website Wix to create our band website on. This free website offered us a great range of templates to use, especially band related ones.This is the one we picked:

We chose this template as it already had the colour scheme and layout we had originally planned to use. The website allows us to alter all of the photos, banners, video and information boxes which was incredibly useful when it came to customizing it to our liking. We plan to create a custom header create social media pages related to our band that we can link to from this site like most band website have. We also have a few photos taken from our music video set so we can create a gallery and add it to the website.

Research:Inser Booklet Case Study:Oasis-Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants

By analysing insert booklets our group was able to get a good idea of what needed to be included in them and what works well and what do sent. We were also able to take inspiration form this particular insert booklet that we can then use in our own insert booklet.

Planning:Risk Assessment

This is our risk assessment form for a location in Sheffield. We understand that we are entering a an old abandoned warehouse which could pose potential hazards and have therefore come up with appropriate measures to prevent an incident from happening.